Four state senators are going to Whiteclay to see what else can be done to help residents there and in the Pine Ridge and they have a major announcement.

Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks is continuing her efforts to seek solutions to the problems in Whiteclay, this time bringing three other senators to see firsthand the conditions in the unincorporated town that borders the Pine Ridge Reservation.

"Until you walk the street you don't get a good feel of the folk's plight in the situation," Sen. Brett Lindstrom said.

Nebraska lawmakers also come with some good news.

Viaero Wireless announced putting up a new cellphone tower in Whiteclay at its own cost that will also extend broadband wireless the reservation Pine Ridge.

"To be able to get broadband up here is significant," Pansing Brooks said.

It would allow for better emergency communications as well as telemedicine and distance learning opportunities in the future.

The lawmakers said they want to push for a multifaceted approach, which includes demolishing abandoned buildings, provide economic development opportunities, establishing a detox and treatment center in the area and creating a state patrol substation in Whiteclay.

"It's not to harass natives who come to Whiteclay," Pansing Brooks said.

She said rather to enforce the liquor laws in the states and to keep people safe.

Last month, activists said a woman was beaten in Whiteclay and later died.

"This lawlessness in Whiteclay would not be tolerated in any other place in Nebraska" Pansing Brooks said.

The plan is similar to one put out by Gov. Pete Ricketts' task force of local leaders.

The senators met with Lance Moss, the chair of the task force.

"I hope we can come to some common ground," said Lance Moss, who owns a grocery store in Whiteclay.

Still others like Nora Boesem, the mom who has fostered over 100 children, many whom suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome, said shutting down the four beer stores should be the first goal.

"That would be first step one of the process, because I think if we don't I'm just gonna have programs we provide continuous customers for," Boesem said.